Join the Club, 2007

Hopefully, even though years ending in 7 and 2 have produced zero Mets titles, it won’t result in a series of bad trips.

I wrote that on January 5, slightly smug in the notion that for once, we would see a year that ends in a 7 or 2 produce a playoff season.

I was wrong. Sorry about that.

But I hope the weekly milestone-anniversary visits to the Met past that we call Flashback Friday helped take the edge off throughout 2007. Thought I’d round ’em all up one more time for your holiday viewing and chronological referencing…even if we have learned that no Mets fan can ever expect to fully enjoy a year ending in 2 or 7.

(And stay tuned for Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, debuting in this space in two weeks.)

1957

First Person: A tribute to my sister on what may have very well been the birthday directly following her 49th.

My Giants: My love affair with the franchise that skipped town before I could see them.

1962

Let’s Go Who?: The Mets dig themselves an early hole, but at least they did so as Mets.